Little Petal

Fighting the patriarchy, two pockets at a time.  -Geek chic convertible dresses- custom made to your measurements-

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Be the envy of every tea party in our Alice inspired convertible dress! bit.ly/2aRQhH2 

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This week's Badass Customer Babe is Jenna Hughes! Check out our spotlight on this light saber wielding pediatrician: http://bit.ly/29WmBuH

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This week's Badass Customer Babe is Acacia Sears! Check out our spotlight on this feminist hero and children's songwriter: bit.ly/29UH1oY

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This week’s badass babe is Rebecca Rose! Check out our spotlight on this burlesque queen (and the face of Little Petal!) here: http://bit.ly/29k2jI5

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This week's Badass Customer Babe is Chaitali Shah! Check out our spotlight on this stylish lawyer here: http://bit.ly/29cJ47M

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This week’s Badass Customer Babe is Kathryn Zinman! Kathryn is currently an Empress of Cheese at Trader Joes. Her favorite fandoms are Firefly/Serenity, Archer, any and all Kevin Smith creations, and Marvel movies. She loves puppies and she aims to misbehave! Kathryn was one of our most excitable customers at AwesomeCon 2015- totally enamored with the concept. She came back to visit a bunch of times until her brother actually bought her dress. Of course, she was the first person to visit us this year at AwesomeCon 2016 once the table was all set up! We loved seeing her peppy face all weekend- keeping us in good spirits. The day she wore her Wonder Woman dress, she changed it halfway through the day- which really blew the minds of all of my potential new customers. And then, she bought a second dress because she is just that awesome. Thank for Kathryn, for being our bubbling ray of sunshine throughout an already AWESOME CON. Can't wait to see photos of you in this one as well and to see you next year!

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Super excited to team up with the amazing @cin_von_quinzel to show off our new Phoenix inspired dress! Check out the rest of the photos here: http://bit.ly/1Nw0eLz

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Our very first hooded dress inspired by our favorite hoodie clad private investigator! Check out the rest of the photos here: http://bit.ly/1TfFZAF  

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This week's Badass Babe is Julia Lezoff! Check out our spotlight on this nerdy nurse here: http://bit.ly/24QbxCo

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Happy Mother's Day to all the Rose Quartz Crystal Gems of this world! Thank you for all the sacrifices you make, and for your healing powers. Do a little fusion dance for yourself today. <3 

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Whose side are you on? See all of our Marvel inspired dresses here!

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Deysha is a graphic designer who is aspiring to be a voice actress. She is particularly inspired by Kevin Conroy (my personal favorite) and Troy Baker. She is also a cosplayer and a painter. Her work can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/deysha.paredes/

Her favorite fandoms are Marvel and DC, with Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn outshining the rest. She came to our booth at New York Comic Con and just could not wait to become Wonder Woman herself. After she told me how many people stopped her in the street to compliment her, I asked her to please come model a dress for me the next time a customer lives too far away to model.

Thank you Deysha, for being such a peach to talk to and sending me photos of you in your dress so we can squee at how adorable you are!

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This is a bit late because we were off saving the galaxy yesterday - warp speed sure does mess with your perception of time! Happy Star Wars Day from Little Petal!

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This week's Badass Babe of the Week is Lilin Davis! Lilin is currently studying audio tech and working as a tutor, with a goal of making music for a living. She writes lyrics and instrumental music, plays piano, and is a producer and an engineer. She describes her own music as Pre-Raphaelite Punk Rock. Forever the overachiever, she is a fan of the Romantic period piano music and loves to take on pieces (supposedly!) beyond her abilities. Her favorite composers are Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt and her favorite fandom is the Venture Brothers. She has a kitty named Cat Mandu, who is friends with her bunny who is invariably up to no good.

Lilin has been a hugely supportive friend since the beginning of Little Petal who was finally able to get a dress of her own. After a ridiculous amount of requests from customers for a hood add-on, I could not deny her when she asked me to create one. I've watched Lilin go from someone who was shy, depressed, and unsure of herself to a self described Spooky Bitch who posts selfies galore. Watching your friend finally stop feeling trapped and become who they have always felt like they were is amazing. Being allowed to be a part of helping them feel even more beautiful by making them a dress they literally scream in excitement when they receive, is even more amazing. Check out our spotlight on Lilin here: http://www.littlepetal.net/blog/littlepetal/2016/3/30/badass-babe-of-the-week-lilin-davis

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This week's Badass Babe of the Week is Victoria Long! Victoria is currently a nanny and personal assistant for a vendor company that specializes in pop culture conventions. She is also going back to school for agriculture to help solve America's food crisis. Through her job, she gets to travel all over the country and meet people like Peter Mayhew. She volunteers with at-risk youths teaching them about gardening and is passionate about sex positivity and LGBTQ activism. Her favorite fandoms are scifi, fantasy, marvel (especially Iron Man), anime (Naruto, SAO, Record of Lodoss Wars, InuYasha), and has a huge love of books (HP, Dresden Files, anything David Eddings). But most of all, she has always been obsessed with Starfire and Nightwing. Victoria is insanely capable, smart as a whip, and has a work ethic that just doesn't quit (you can occasionally see her in action booth babe-ing it up with us!). Check out our spotlight on Victoria here: http://www.littlepetal.net/blog/littlepetal/2016/3/24/badass-babe-of-the-week-victoria-long

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This week's Badass Babe of the Week is Emily Wagner! Emily is a former Young Adult Librarian at Lucius Beebe Memorial Library who is in the process of shifting careers into publishing. She helps run a small literary science fiction and fantasy convention called Readercon, is a co-kitty-mommy of 4 cats with her wife, and used to fly stunt kites competitively. Emily loves all sorts of fandoms, but her favorites include fat lady characters with a ton of attitude which led to her first two dresses, Lumpy Space Princess and Ursula, followed by Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) because who doesn't love a badass pilot with superpowers and a weird alien kitty?! Emily first contacted us on Etsy after reading my Daily Dot interview with one of the most endearing messages we've ever gotten. She said she "nearly started crying, because the other day I thought about searching for an LSP dress but KNEW that I wouldn't find them in plus sizes and figured the irony would actually kill me dead. Thanks for these incredibly cool dresses and custom sizing." Her second message convinced us to start offering pockets as an add-on to all of our dresses which was obviously a fabulous idea! One of our biggest cheerleaders, it's an absolute delight to watch Emily's face light up when talking about Little Petal and she can occasionally be found guest booth babe-ing with us. Check out our spotlight on Emily here:  http://www.littlepetal.net/blog/littlepetal/2016/3/18/z869gsnlmv7pzuccrguay9oanxj3rv

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This week's Badass Customer Babe is Melissa Lorenzana! Melissa is a native New Yorker who teaches immigrant students English. She recently relocated to Florida for some fun in the sun and to make all of her friends jealous of her near constant Disney adventures. Loud Melissa was also a booker for the longtime New York DIY punk venue ABC No Rio and her fandoms range from Justice League to Dr Who. One of our first convertible dress customers, the sheer amount of genuine compliments she gave in regards to fit and comfort of her dress furthered the realization of just how few companies really pay attention to plus size women and we've made it our goal to make sure all of our customers feel magnificent! Strong and vivacious, Melissa recently celebrated her one year sober and we can't think of a more badass reason to turn the spotlight on her this week! http://www.littlepetal.net/blog/littlepetal/2016/2/29/badass-babe-of-the-week-melissa-lorenzana